Jagdgeschwader 26

Geschwaderkommodore:

  • Ob Eduard Ritter von Schleich, 1.11.38 – 9.12.39
  • Maj Hans Hugo Witt, 14.12.39 – 23.6.40
  • Maj Gotthardt Handrick, 24.6.40 – 21.8.40
  • ObLt Adolf Galland, 22.8.40 – 5.12.41
  • Maj Gerhard Schöpfel, 6.12.41 – 10.1.43
  • Ob Josef Priller, 11.1.43 – 27.1.45
  • Maj Franz Götz, 28.1.45 – 7.5.45

Stab:

Formed 1.5.39 in Odendorf from Stab/JG132.

Bases
1.5.39 – 1.11.39OdendorfBf 109E
1.11.39 – 12.5.40DortmundBf 109E
13.5.40 – 17.5.40Mönchen-GladbachBf 109E
18.5.40 – 24.5.40Neerhespen/LandenBf 109E
25.5.40 – 3.6.40QuevaucampsBf 109E
3.6.40 – 4.6.40Le TouquetBf 109E
5.6.40 – 12.6.40Bois Jean/EcuiresBf 109E
13.6.40 – 16.6.40Morgny Bezue la ForetBf 109E
17.6.40 – 21.6.40VillacoublayBf 109E
23.6.40 – 30.7.40DortmundBf 109E
30.7.40 – 7.12.40AudembertBf 109E
7.12.40 – 9.2.41Abbeville-DrucatBf 109E
9.2.41 – 1.4.41DüsseldorfBf 109F
1.4.41 – 1.6.41Brest-GuipavasBf 109F
1.6.41 – 1.6.42AudembertBf 109F, Fw 190A
1.6.42 – 1.43St. Omer-WizernesFw 190A
1.43 – 8.43VendevilleFw 190A
8.43 – 9.43Amsterdam-SchipholFw 190A
9.43 – 1.44VendevilleFw 190A
1.44 – 6.6.44Lille-NordFw 190A
6.6.44 – 20.6.40Poix-NordFw 190A
20.6.44 – 29.7.44Chaumont-en-VexinFw 190A
29.7.44 – 16.8.44Les Mesnuls (St. Legeren Y.)Fw 190A
16.8.44 – 22.8.44Chaumont-en-VexinFw 190A
22.8.44 – 29.8.44ValenciennesFw 190A
29.8.44 – 3.9.44Brüssels-NordFw 190A
3.9.44 – 29.10.44KrefeldFw 190A
29.10.44 – 24.11.44GrevenFw 190A/D
24.11.44 – 2.4.45FürstenauFw 190A/D
2.4.45 – 3.4.45CloppenburgFw 190D
3.4.45 – 5.4.45DelmenhorstFw 190D
5.4.45 – 7.4.45HustedtFw 190D
7.4.45 – 22.4.45UetersenFw 190D
22.4.45 – 8.5.45FlensburgFw 190D

I. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

  • Maj Gotthardt Handrick, 1.5.39 – 23.6.40
  • Hptm Kurt Fischer, 24.6.40 – 21.8.40
  • Hptm Rolf Pingel, 22.8.40 – 10.7.41
  • Maj Johannes Seifert, 11.7.41 – 31.5.43
  • Hptm Fritz Losigkeit, 1.6.43 – 22.6.43
  • Hptm Karl Borris, 23.6.43 – 14.5.44
  • Hptm Hermann Staiger, 15.5.44 – 31.7.44
  • Maj Karl Borris, 1.8.44 – 7.5.45

Formed 1.5.39 in Odendorf from I./JG132. On 21.9.43 increased to fourstaffeln, when 8./JG26 was redesignated 4./JG26, and became part of theI. Gruppe (1. – 4. /JG26). 4./JG26 was disbanded 15.2.45.

Bases
1.5.39 – 2.11.39OdendorfBf 109E
2.11.39 – 27.1.40DortmundBf 109E
27.1.40 – 10.2.40WerlBf 109E
10.2.40 – 14.5.40BönninghardtBf 109E
15.5.40 – 22.5.40EindhovenBf 109E
23.5.40 – 1.6.40AntwerpenBf 109E
2.6.40 – 3.6.40ChievresBf 109E
3.6.40 – 4.6.40EtaplesBf 109E
5.6.40 – 10.6.40Hesdin/HaravesnesBf 109E
11.6.40 – 15.6.40Samoussy-LaonBf 109E
16.6.40 – 19.6.40St. RemyBf 109E
20.6.40 – 22.6.40NeversBf 109E
23.6.40 – 26.6.40LyonBf 109E
26.6.40 – 14.7.40BönninghardtBf 109E
15.7.40 – 7.12.40AudembertBf 109E
7.12.40 – 9.2.41CrecyBf 109E
9.2.41 – 1.4.41DortmundBf 109E
1.4.41 – 1.6.41Brest-GuipavasBf 109E
1.6.41 – 17.11.41St. Omer-ClairmaraisBf 109E/Bf 109F
17.11.41 – 22.1.43St. Omer-ArquesBf 109F, Fw 190A
22.1.43 – 15.2.43HeiligenbeilFw 190A
15.2.43 – 2.43RielbitziFw 190A
2.43 – 3.43DnoFw 190A
3.43 – 5.43SchatalowkaFw 190A
5.43 – 5.43OssinowkaFw 190A
5.43 – 6.6.43Orel-West, SmolenskFw 190A
7.6.43 – 10.6.43RheineFw 190A
10.6.43 – 23.6.43Poix-NordFw 190A
23.6.43 – 12.7.43RheineFw 190A
12.7.43 – 25.11.43GrimberghenFw 190A
25.11.43 – 6.4.44FlorennesFw 190A
6.4.44 – 6.6.44VendevilleFw 190A
6.6.44 – 29.7.44Chaumont-en-VexinFw 190A
29.7.44 – 16.8.44Les Mesnuls (St. Legeren Y.)Fw 190A
16.8.44 – 21.8.44Chaumont-en-VexinFw 190A
21.8.44 – 29.8.44Vitry-en-ArtoisFw 190A
29.8.44 – 3.9.44GrimberghenFw 190A
3.9.44 – 29.10.44Krefeld-LinnFw 190A/D
29.10.44 – 24.11.44GrevenFw 190A/D
24.11.44 – 25.3.45FürstenauFw 190A/D
25.3.45 – 2.4.45DropeFw 190D
2.4.45 – 5.4.45DelmenhorstFw 190D
5.4.45 – 7.4.45HustedtFw 190D
7.4.45 – 13.4.45Stade, UetersenFw 190D
13.4.45 – 22.4.45SülteFw 190D
22.4.45 – 2.5.45HaidmühleFw 190D
2.5.45 – 8.5.45FlensburgFw 190D

II. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

  • Hptm. Werner Palm, 1.5.39 – 27.6.39
  • Hptm Herwig Knüppel, 28.6.39 – 19.5.40
  • Hptm Karl Ebbighausen, 20.5.40 – 31.5.40
  • Hptm. Erich Noack, 1.6.40 – 24.7.40
  • Hptm Karl Ebbighausen, 25.7.40 – 16.8.40
  • Hptm Erich Bode, 17.8.40 – 3.10.40
  • Hptm Walter Adolph, 4.10.40 – 18.9.41
  • Hptm Jochen Müncheberg, 19.9.41 – 21.7.42
  • Hptm Conny Meyer, 22.7.42 – 2.1.43
  • Maj Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland, 3.1.43 – 17.8.43
  • Hptm Hans Naumann, 18.8.43 – 8.9.43
  • ObLt Johannes Seifert, 9.9.43 – 25.11.43
  • Maj Wilhelm Gäth, 26.11.43 – 1.3.44
  • Hptm Hans Naumann, 2.3.44 – 28.6.44
  • Hptm Emil Lang, 29.6.44 – 3.9.44
  • Hptm Georg Peter Eder, 4.9.44 – 8.10.44
  • Maj Anton Hackl, 9.10.44 – 29.1.45
  • ObLt Waldemar Radener, 30.1.45 – 22.2.45
  • Hptm Paul Schauder, 23.2.45 – 1.5.45

Formed 1.5.39 in Bönninghardt from II./JG132. On 1.10.43 increasedto 4 staffeln (5. – 8./JG26), the new 5./JG26 was formed from the old 4./JG26,new 6./JG26 from old 5./JG26, new 7./JG26 from old 6./JG26, and the new8./JG26 from the old 10./JG26. 8./JG26 was disbanded 15.2.45.

Bases
1.5.39 – 1.11.39BönninghardtBf 109E
1.11.39 – 27.1.40WerlBf 109E
27.1.40 – 12.5.40DortmundBf 109E
13.5.40 – 17.5.40UerdingenBf 109E
18.5.40 – 27.5.40Neerhespen/LandenBf 109E
28.5.40 – 3.6.40ChievresBf 109E
3.6.40 – 4.6.40Le TouquetBf 109E
5.6.40 – 12.6.40Bois Jean/EcuiresBf 109E
13.6.40 – 16.6.40Morgny Bezue la ForetBf 109E
17.6.40 – 21.6.40VillacoublayBf 109E
22.6.40 – 20.7.40DortmundBf 109E
21.7.40 – 7.12.40Marquise-OstBf 109E
7.12.40 – 9.2.41Abbeville/GramontBf 109E
9.2.41 – 3.4.41DüsseldorfBf 109E
3.4.41 – 1.6.41MorlaixBf 109E
1.6.41 – 1.7.41MaldegemBf 109E
1.7.41 – 15.10.41MoorseeleBf 109E, Fw 190A
15.10.41 – 22.12.41WewelghemFw 190A
22.12.41 – 8.1.43Abbeville-DrucatFw 190A, Bf 109G
8.1.43 – 28.7.43Vitry-en-ArtoisFw 190A, Bf 109G
28.7.43 – 6.8.43DeelenFw 190A
6.8.43 – 15.8.43VolkelFw 190A
15.8.43 – 3.10.43Beauvais-TilleFw 190A
3.10.43 – 17.3.44Cambrai-EpinoyFw 190A
17.3.44 – 17.4.44Cambrai-SüdFw 190A
17.4.44 – 25.4.44CazauxFw 190A
25.4.44 – 17.5.44Cambrai-SüdFw 190A
17.5.44 – 6.6.44Mont-de-MarsanFw 190A
6.6.44 – 20.7.44GuyancourtFw 190A
20.7.44 – 12.8.44ReinsehlenFw 190A
12.8.44 – 13.8.44GuyancourtFw 190A
13.8.44 – 29.8.44Mons-en-ChausseeFw 190A
29.8.44 – 3.9.44MelsbroekFw 190A
3.9.44 – 22.11.44KirchhellenFw 190A
22.11.44 – 25.3.45NordhornFw 190A/D
25.3.45 – 6.4.45CelleFw 190D
6.4.45 – 1.5.45UetersenFw 190D
1.5.45 – 2.5.45NeumünsterFw 190D
2.5.45 – 8.5.45HusumFw 190D

III. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

  • Hptm Walter Kienitz, 23.9.39 – 31.10.39
  • Maj Ernst Freiherr von Berg, 1.11.39 – 5.6.40
  • Maj Adolf Galland, 6.6.40 – 20.8.40
  • Maj Gerhard Schöpfel, 21.8.40 – 5.12.41
  • Hptm Josef Priller, 6.12.41 – 10.1.43
  • Hptm Fritz Geisshardt, 11.1.43 – 6.4.43
  • Hptm Kurt Ruppert, 7.4.43 – 13.6.43
  • Hptm Rolf Hermichen, 15.6.43 – 4.7.43
  • Maj Klaus Mietusch, 5.7.43 – 17.9.44
  • Hptm Paul Schauder, 18.9.44 – 26.9.44
  • Hptm Walter Krupinski, 27.9.44 – 25.3.45

Formed 23.9.39 in Werl from parts of I. and II./JG26. In 1.10.43 increasedto 4 staffeln (9. – 12./JG26), with the 9./JG26 formed from the old 7./JG26,the new 10./JG26 from the old 9./JG26, and the independent 11. and 12./JG26became part of the Gruppe. The old 8./JG26 had been redesignated 4./JG26on 21.9.43 and became part of I. Gruppe. III./JG26 was disbanded on 25.3.45.

Bases
23.9.39 – 1.11.39WerlBf 109E
1.11.39 – 13.5.40Essen-MühlheimBf 109E
14.5.40 – 16.5.40Mönchen-GladbachBf 109E
17.5.40 – 18.6.40PeerBf 109E
19.6.40 – 26.5.40BeauvechainBf 109E
27.5.40 – 3.6.40ChievresBf 109E
4.6.40 – 12.6.40CapelleBf 109E
13.6.40 – 16.6.40Les ThilliersBf 109E
17.6.40 – 21.6.40VillacoublayBf 109E
22.6.40 – 30.6.40Mönchen-GladbachBf 109E
1.7.40 – 21.7.40DöberitzBf 109E
21.7.40 – 10.11.40CaffiersBf 109E
10.11.40 – 9.2.41Abbeville-DrucatBf 109E
9.2.41 – 1.4.41Bonn-Hangelar*Bf 109E/F
1.4.41 – 1.6.41St. Brieuc*Bf 109F
1.6.41 – 19.10.41Liegescourt*Bf 109F
19.10.41 – 7.4.42CoquellesBf 109F, Fw 190A
7.4.42 – 14.5.43Wewelghem**Fw 190A, Bf 109G
14.5.43 – 6.43Lille-Nord**Bf 109G
6.43 – 8.43Nordholz**Bf 109G
8.43 – 9.43Amsterdam-SchipholBf 109G
9.43 – 11.43Vendeville***Bf 109G
11.43 – 11.43BönninghardtBf 109G
11.43 – 8.1.44Mönchen-GladbachBf 109G
8.1.44 – 16.3.44DinantBf 109G
16.3.44 – 18.4.44EtainBf 109G
18.4.44 – 26.4.44NeubibergBf 109G
26.4.44 – 7.6.44NancyBf 109G
7.6.44 – 8.44VillacoublayBf 109G
8.44 – 15.8.44RosieresBf 109G
15.8.44 – 29.8.44ChievresBf 109G
29.8.44 – 3.9.44Brüssels-EvereBf 109G
3.9.44 – 10.44Mönchen-GladbachBf 109G
10.44 – 10.44BönninghardtBf 109G
10.44 – 11.44Ma. VeenBf 109G
11.44 – 14.3.45PlantlünneBf 109G/K, Fw 190D
14.3.45 – 25.3.45DelmenhorstBf 109G/K, Fw 190D

* 7./JG26 (Bf 109E) moved to North Africa on 9.2.41. Stationedat Gela 9.2.41 – 6.4.41, Tarent 6.4.41 – 8.4.41, Gela again 8.4.41 – 31.5.41and Ain-el-Gazala 1.6.41 – 31.7.41. The staffel then returned to Liegescourt,joining the rest of III./JG26, and began conversion to Bf 109F.

** 7./JG26 operated under JG54 in Russia, 17.2.43 – 7.43.Left France 17.2.43 and arrived at Krasnowardeisk on 28.2.43. Remainedthere until it returned to III./JG26 in July 1943. While 7./JG26 was inRussia, 4./JG54 was attached to JG26.

*** 10. and 12./JG26 was in Valenciennes until about 11.43.

IV. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeur:

  • Maj Rudolf Klemm, 25.2.45 – 17.4.45

Formed 25.2.45 in Varrelbusch from III./JG54, with 3 staffeln (13./JG26from 10./JG54, 14./JG26 from 11./JG54 and 15./JG26 from 9./JG54). IV./JG26was disbanded on 17.4.45.

Bases
25.2.45 – 24.3.45VarrelbuschFw 190D
24.3.45 – 3.4.45BisselFw 190D
3.4.45 – 5.4.45VarrelbuschFw 190D
5.4.45 – 10.4.45DedelsdorfFw 190D
10.4.45 – 17.4.45Kleinkummersfelde
(near Neumünster)
Fw 190D

10. Staffel:

10. (Nacht)/JG26 was formed 1.9.39 in Bonn-Hangelar, apparently fromparts of 1./LG1. 18.2.40 redesignated 11./JG2 (as part of IV.(N)/JG2).

10. (Jabo)/JG26 was formed 10.3.42 in St. Omer-Arques. On 17.2.43 redesignated10. (Jabo)/JG54.

A new 10./JG26 was formed 1.5.43 in Vitry from parts of II./JG26. Attachedto II./JG26, 1.10.43 redesignated 8./JG26, and officially became part ofII. Gruppe.

Bases
1.9.39 – 9.39Bonn-HangelarAr 68E, Bf 109D
9.39 – 18.2.40JeverAr 68E, Bf 109D
10.3.42 – 18.6.42St. Omer-ArquesBf 109E
18.6.42 – 10.7.42Le BourgetBf 109E, Fw 190A
10.7.42 – 27.7.42Caen-Carpiquet*Fw 190A
27.7.42 – 10.8.42St. André (Evreux)Fw 190A
10.8.42 – 14.11.42St. Omer-WizernesFw 190A
14.11.42 – 10.12.42IstresFw 190A
10.12.42 – 17.2.43St. Omer-WizernesFw 190A

For bases 1.5.43 – 1.10.43, see II./JG26.

* part of the staffel had used Caen-Carpiquet since 3.42.

11. Staffel:

Formed 8.8.42 at Norrent-Fontes, as Höh. Staffel. 30.11.42 disbanded,and was absorbed by II./JG51.

A new 11./JG26 (Endausbildungsstaffel) was formed 10.12.42 at Wewelghem.Attached to III./JG26 and on 1.10.43 officially became part of III. Gruppe.

Bases
8.8.42 – 6.11.42Norrent-FontesBf 109G
6.11.42 – 14.11.42BariBf 109G
14.11.42 – 30.11.42BizertaBf 109G

For bases 10.12.42 – 1.10.43, see III./JG26.

12. Staffel:

Formed 11.4.43 in Wewelghem from parts of III./JG26. Attached to III./JG26and on 1.10.43 officially became part of III. Gruppe.

For bases, see III./JG26.

Ergänzungsgruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

  • ObLt Baron von Holtey, 25.3.41 – 17.5.41
  • Hptm Fromme, 17.5.41 – 27.1.42

The Erg.Staffel/JG26 was formed in late 9.40 at Reims-Betheny, fromparts of JG26 and Ergänzungs-Jagdgruppe Merseburg. On 5.3.41 increasedto Erg.Gruppe with 2 staffeln (1. Einsatzstaffel and 2. Ausbildungsstaffel(ex.-Erg.Staffel)). Disbanded 27.1.42, 2. Staffel became 2./Erg. JagdgruppeWest, while the 1. staffel moved to Norway and was absorbed by JG5.

Bases
9.40 – 10.40Reims-BethenyBf 109E
10.40 – 11.40St. Omer-ArquesBf 109E
11.40 – 27.1.42Cognac*Bf 109E/F

* The Stab/Erg. Gruppe was formed in Vannes 5.3.41, butmoved to Cognac shortly thereafter. 1. (Einsatz) Staffel was formed 5.3.41,and was based at Düsseldorf during its existence.